Second Avenue at Fourth Street...
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Details on the $10-a-week CSA in these East Village community gardens
LUNGS Fresh Food Bag CSA
Get a bag full of fresh & healthy produce straight from the farmer to you for only $10 a week — and only the weeks you want — along with volunteer help from you and the gardens of our New York City Community Garden District. The program is managed by LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens).
HOW IT WORKS:
This CSA is unique — you pay in advance but only for the weeks you want. SIGN-UP & PICK-UP is Sunday from 1 pm to 3 pm. When you pick up on Sunday you will pre-order and pay for the following week, or the week after.
See you this Sunday, August 6th, between 1 pm and 3 pm at Green Oasis on 8th Street between Avenues C&D to sign up!
It’s run entirely by volunteers, so all the money goes to the farmer. The family farm we work with uses organic methods but is not certified organic. The CSA typically begins in mid-June and—as we have for the past four years — runs every Sunday until Thanksgiving.
Pick up your produce between 1 and 3 pm on Sunday. If you cannot make the pickup time you need to arrange for someone else to pick it up for you. After 3 pm we are not responsible for your order. So if there are bags not picked up at the end of the day we will sell them to cover any losses that are inevitable in a volunteer-run program.
Bring tote bags! The first week you order please bring two tote bags for the season. Please bring good sturdy bags that can carry 10 pounds of produce. When you pick up the following week, bring back your bag!
Please remember that ALL the money that goes through this program goes to the farmer. This is a strictly volunteer program bringing fresh healthy food to your table. Please respect the time and energy that goes into setting this up and putting it together week to week.
Schedule of Loisaida community gardens hosting the LUNGS CSA:
August — Green Oasis, 8th Street between Aves C&D
September — La Plaza, 9th Street & Ave C
October — De Colores, 8th Street between Aves B&C
November — TBD
(and thanks to Campos, 12th Street near Ave C, for hosting us in July!)
CONTACT info@lungsnyc.org with CSA in the subject line if you would like to join.
Friday, August 4, 2017
Friday's parting shot
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Storm exiting the neighborhood this morning... photo by EVG reader EJ...
Shredding the Needle
Three of Brian Eno's studio albums from 1974-1977 have been reissued... including 1974's Here Come the Warm Jets, which includes the great track here — "Needles in the Camel’s Eye."
Branch down in Tompkins Square Park
[Photos by Steven]
The storm this morning brought down a branch from one of the elm trees (in Elm Island) in Tompkins Square Park near the Eighth Street and Avenue B sinkhole/entrance ...
EV Grieve Etc.: Local venues parting ways with Bowery Presents; streaming films via the NYPL
[PDA outside BBQ via Derek Berg]
Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge part ways with Bowery Presents; Live Nation rumored to be next in line to book shows (Variety)
The music program for senior citizens at the Third Street Music School (Daily News)
Here are the candidates competing for Rosie Mendez's Council seat (DNAinfo)
Patti Smith remembers Sam Shepard (The New Yorker)
A 16-film retrospective of UK filmmaker Alan Clarke starts tonight; 14 of the screenings are free (Film Anthology Archives)
A raid at Boss Tweed's (DNAinfo ... previously)
Praise for Yuan Noodle on Second Avenue (Eater ... previously)
Limited to One, specializing in rare and collectible contemporary vinyl, is now open at 221 E. 10th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue... Q-&-A with the owners (Brooklyn Vegan) ... a visit on opening day (B+B)
Bikram Yoga raising funds to stay on the LES (BoweryBoogie)
Cleaning Basquiat’s headstone at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn (The New York Times)
If you have a library card, then you can now stream thousands of feature films, including the Criterion Collection (Gothamist)
Flatbush, the rescued red-tailed juvenile, is really branching out (Laura Goggin Photography)
The East River bike lane sinkhole has finally been repaired (Town & Village)
A late-1970s look at Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Flaming Pablum)
Check out Cindy Sherman's Instagram account (artNet)
Demolition at Silver Monuments on Stanton Street (The Lo-Down)
End of the line for the Riviera Cafe in Greenwich Village? (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
In honor of Jeanne Moreau's death, the Film Forum has a return engagement of the great "Elevator to the Gallows" starting a week-long run today (Film Forum)
... and the Gelarto (GelARTo) signage arrived on Wednesday here on Avenue A and Ninth Street...
[Photo by @jimnobu]
[Photo by Steven]
Noted
[Photo this morning by Lola Sáenz]
Someone decided to spraypaint "Shame on you for selling veal" on the sidewalk outside John's of 12th Street, the 109-year-old Italian restaurant near Second Avenue.
I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant
East Village resident Susan Schiffman has been photographing the apartments of rent-stabilized tenants living in the East Village for her Instagram account, I Am a Rent Stabilized Tenant. She will share some of the photos here for this ongoing EVG feature.
Tenant: Daryl, since 1992.
Daryl lives in one of three remaining rent-stabilized apartments in her building. There were a total of nine apartments. The other six have been under renovation for the past year.
The building was bought from the owner, Arthur R. by Icon Realty. Daryl was living in another apartment in the East Village when Arthur R. (she had lived in the building before) called her and told her about an apartment that was available here.
"Everything was always done by hand," Daryl said of her previous landlord. For instance, when she would need to renew her lease, she would meet with Arthur in person to sign it.
Their super has worked in the building for the past 40 years. He is Arthur's nephew.
Daryl showed me the Bible that is on her fireplace. It has been there since she moved in. It belonged to the previous tenant. Daryl opened the Bible, where the name of the previous tenant is written in pencil on the inside cover.
If you're interested in inviting Susan in to photograph your apartment for an upcoming post, then you may contact her via this email.
Tenant: Daryl, since 1992.
Daryl lives in one of three remaining rent-stabilized apartments in her building. There were a total of nine apartments. The other six have been under renovation for the past year.
The building was bought from the owner, Arthur R. by Icon Realty. Daryl was living in another apartment in the East Village when Arthur R. (she had lived in the building before) called her and told her about an apartment that was available here.
"Everything was always done by hand," Daryl said of her previous landlord. For instance, when she would need to renew her lease, she would meet with Arthur in person to sign it.
Their super has worked in the building for the past 40 years. He is Arthur's nephew.
Daryl showed me the Bible that is on her fireplace. It has been there since she moved in. It belonged to the previous tenant. Daryl opened the Bible, where the name of the previous tenant is written in pencil on the inside cover.
If you're interested in inviting Susan in to photograph your apartment for an upcoming post, then you may contact her via this email.
The Living Stage Summer Festival is this weekend in the Meltzer Tower Garden
The (outdoor) stage is set inside the Meltzer Tower Garden on First Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...
As a reminder, volunteers from the Superhero Clubhouse along with University Settlement are hosting the Living Stage Summer Festival here this weekend.
The details via Facebook:
The Living Stage combines horticulture, theatrical design, and community engagement to create recyclable, biodegradable, biodiverse, and edible performance spaces.
Created by and for the Lower East Side community, The Living Stage Summer Festival features family-friendly activities including a live, original, intergenerational performance, music, gardening information sessions, and tours. There will be opportunities to engage with local nonprofits, businesses, gardeners, artists, and community leaders. Join us!
A free event for the whole family!
Meltzer Tower Garden, 94 E 1st St
Friday, August 4, 5-8 p.m.
Saturday, August 5, 12-5 p.m.
Free Outdoor Performance: Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m.
Find more info here ...
Eastern Bloc closes Sunday; Club Cumming coming soon
[Photo from June]
Eastern Bloc is hosting its farewell party this Sunday evening.
As previously reported, after 12 years on Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, Eastern Bloc — described on their Twitter account as "The best fucking gay bar in the universe!!!" — will be turning the keys over to actor-author Alan Cumming for Club Cumming...
Cumming, an East Village resident, is partnering with the owners of Eastern Bloc for the reboot of the space.
A rep for Cumming described the venture this way to Page Six back in the spring: "Alan wants it to be a home for everyone of all ages, all genders, all sexualities, who all enjoy letting go and making some mischief. No judgments, no attitude, no rules, except kindness, acceptance and fun."
Club Cumming is expected to debut this fall.
Let's talk about rats
Members of LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) are hosting a public meeting tomorrow (Saturday!) afternoon to discuss rats... specifically, Mayor de Blasio's recently announced $32 million plan to help reduce the number of rats in several neighborhoods, including the East Village.
The meeting is at 1 p.m. in the Green Oasis Community Garden, 386 E. Eighth St. between Avenue C and Avenue D.
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